It takes all hands on deck to do ocean research that protects communities, informs policy decisions, and powers innovation. We’re grateful to have so many loyal viewers on board R/V Together For Science—you made this our top-watched video of the year! 📲Check out what else made the ocean world go 'round in 2025: whoi.edu/best-of-2025 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

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On this day 90 years ago, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution made its debut into the world of oceanographic research! At the time, only 50 years had elapsed since the Challenger Expedition, the world's first attept at systematically studying our oceans. Among WHOI's founders: former Marine Biological Laboratory director, Frank R. Lillie, and then-president of the Rockefeller Foundation's General Education Board, Wickliffe Rose. With Rose's approval for seed money, and the support from the

Join us September 21 for a live virtual event on the Ocean Twilight Zone! Illuminating the Abyss will feature four leading ocean explorers and advocates in a panel conversation about pushing boundaries and seeking solutions to the Earth's most pressing problems—deep in the ocean's twilight zone. | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)